Arduino API
RoboBoard X4 implements standard functions from Arduino Reference.
Multithreading
Arduino implementation for RoboBoard X4 allows for easy multithreading in the projects. It introduces addLoop()
function to create multiple parallel loop()
functions.
addLoop(function
)
- Register new parallel
loop()
function.
Parameter:
function
- parallel function name (loop2()
)
// Variables to hold count for each loop int counter2 = 0; int counter3 = 0; int counter4 = 0; // Arduino loop (default) void loop() { // Print loop counters Serial.printf("%08lu: loop2: %3d, loop3: %3d, loop4: %3d\n", millis(), counter2, counter3, counter4); // Delay printing for 100ms delay(100); } // Loop 2 function void loop2() { counter2++; // Increment counter delay(100); // Delay counting to 100ms } // Loop 3 function void loop3() { counter3++; // Increment counter delay(500); // Delay counting to 500ms } // Loop 4 function void loop4() { counter4++; // Increment counter delay(1000); // Delay counting to 1000ms } // Arduino setup void setup() { // Start serial communication Serial.begin(9600); addLoop(loop2); // Start parallel loop2 addLoop(loop3); // Start parallel loop3 addLoop(loop4); // Start parallel loop4 }